Nam Mountain Ginseng have been selected by the local administration as a potential product for development. (Photo: VNA) BacGiang (VNA) – The northern province of Bac Giang is stepping upthe development of its key products and production areas towards therealisation of a series of targets set for 2030.
Themain farm products include rice, fruit, pork, poultry, and OCOP goods.
By2030, the province targets about 48,748ha of paddy field area for a totaloutput of 582,800 tonnes of rice. Bac Giang is set to develop organicrice production in ecologically suitable areas and boost the certification ofintellectual property for rice brands, and typical rice production areas ofeach locality.
Theprovince also aims at having some 55,000ha of fruit plantations, with afocus on developing high quality production zones of lychee, citrus fruit,longan, custard apple, pineapple, and guava. The zones, mostly concentrated inthe districts of Luc Ngan, Luc Nam, Tan Yen, Yen The, Son Dong, and Hiep Hoa,are expected to meet Vietnamese Good Agricultural Practices (VietGAP) andGlobalGAP standards.
On the other hand, BacGiang is working to maintain and develop pig herds of between 1million and 1.2 million head, located mainly in the districts of Tan Yen, LangGiang, Hiep Hoa, Viet Yen, and Luc Ngan.
Meanwhile,the province's total poultry herd is expected to have 22 – 25 million head,mostly concentrated in the districts of Yen The, Tan Yen, Luc Nam, Hiep Hoa,Luc Ngan, Lang Giang, and Son Dong.
The local agricultural sector has so far proposed a number of policies tosupport agricultural production and assist farmers by helping them obtain goodagricultural practice certificates. They also plan to provide financial supportto make analysis of pesticide residues in lychee, and provide them withequipment and animal vaccines.
Trainingcourses have been organised to guide farmers in how to apply effective methodsto reduce input costs and take advantage of available raw materials as feed inlivestock.
Inthe first half of 2022, Bac Giang worked to develop commercial-scaleagricultural production along with value chains, increasing incomes for localfarmers. In the last winter crop, the province earned 1.9 trillion VND (76.61 million USD), up 8.8%year on year. In the spring crop this year, the province recorded an averagerice capacity of 6 tonnes per hectare and even over 7 tonnes perhectare in farms cultivating high quality rice varieties. The province alsoenjoyed a bumper litchi crop with over 180,000 tonnes, meeting the requirementsof many foreign markets.
Meanwhile,Bac Giang has shown good control of diseases in livestock, resulting in highproductivity, especially in chicken production. The province’s agriculturalsector recorded a growth of 2.7% in the January-June period, with theproduction scale reaching over 19.9 trillion VND. This fulfilled 50.9% of itstarget for the whole year.
Harvesting early ripe litchi in Phuc Hoa commune, Tan Yen district, Bac Giang province. (Photo: VNA) Concerningproducts under the One Commune, One Product (OCOP) programmes, Bac Giangtargets to have 350 products by 2030, making it one of the top five leadinglocalities nationwide. Of the total, there are up to five products ranked fivestars, over 130 four stars, and the rest three stars. By the endof September this year, the number of local OCOP goods amounted to 180, ofwhich 42 achieved 4 stars.
Accordingto Deputy Director of the provincial Department of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment Le Ba Thanh, in order to further develop and upgrade local OCOPproducts, in the time to come, the province will focus on popularising safefarming and breeding methods among local farmers, while directing localities tospeed up the restructure of the breeding sector towards a larger scale.
Itwill also strengthen the popularisation of forestry production regulations andstrictly handle violations.
Thisyear, Bac Giang plans to organise two OCOP product classification sessions,with 31 products evaluated in the first session./.
